Exactly what scripture actually says. Somehow some believers escape the mark as they are saved and alive at the return of Christ.Of course Christ's Church will go through the "great tribulation", which Apostle Paul shows in the 1 Thessalonians 4 Scripture, and that agrees with what Lord Jesus said in Matthew 24:29-31 about His coming AFTER... the tribulation to gather His saints.
1 Thess 4:13-17
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
KJV
I find that many brethren do not properly read that 1 Thessalonians 4 Scripture, especially that part in verse 16 about the dead in Christ being raised only... on the day of Jesus' coming, which points directly to the 'resurrection' on the LAST DAY of this world...
John 6:40
40 And this is the will of Him That sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
KJV
That means of course, that day the "sleep" saints are RAISED is the "last day" of this world, which is when Jesus comes for His Church. And that definitely means AFTER... the "great tribulation", thus making man's Pre-trib Rapture theory a false doctrine.
How they do that, maybe they live apart, away from the kingdom of the beast. Maybe they figure out a way to survive not buying and selling using the beast's money. Since the beast causes all to be killed who won't take the mark, it could be the beast's followers have to find and identify non marked people. Can't locate such people, they are not killed. could also be people are living in concentration camps unmarked and not immediately killed.
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